Nixon. What a start to the season for him.

SportManagementEngineer said:

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Nixon. What a start to the season for him.

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He has seemed to hit everything hard

Really hard play Peifer just made look routine.

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It's impressive that Budrovich calls so much baseball and yet still thinks every ball hit in the air is going to be a homer.

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"Adds to his power numbers"

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Lol that made me chuckle too

I know they want to find Novy more ABs but I'd really prefer Wiggins at DH today.

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9 for Sacred Heart is now 0-2 in definitively asking for challenges when he gets thrown out this weekend. Not even close on that one.

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I couldn't tell if we actually got the tag applied but the throw certainly beat him.

Ty. Buddy. What are you doing lollygagging back to second?

Missed some of the game traveling, but why hasn't Wiggins at least come in to replace someone and get an AB? Or maybe he did and I missed it. Man I'd hate to have to make the decsion who plays and doesn't the way everyone is hitting. Including Fraasman who sat a game struggling cane in with a near Homer off the bench

If SH keeps walking everyone, it won't matter who gets ABs

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Missed some of the game traveling, but why hasn't Wiggins at least come in to replace someone and get an AB? Or maybe he did and I missed it. Man I'd hate to have to make the decsion who plays and doesn't the way everyone is hitting. Including Fraasman who sat a game struggling cane in with a near Homer off the bench

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Wiggins saw no action today

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ICW Wolf said:

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What's with the Wiggins obsession on here. Yes he seems like a good player but there are several who are getting limited AB or sharing roles. We have more players than spots in the lineup. That is clear. I don't see anyone freaking out over Novy. Guy could be a 15 HR guy right now. We don't know.

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I mean I think (and others are with me I think) that Wiggins is the best bat on the team. Maybe not, but with his #s and start this year it's debatable. And not getting the best bat on the team ABs every day is a choice.

IMO there's a little bit of backup QB thing going on with him because he hasn't played as much (coupled with being mentioned a lot in podcasts and such), people are curious to see him in action. I would bet if one of the other guys that's been playing more was flipped with Wiggins, we'd be asking questions about that guy instead. You've got at least 10-11 guys you could justify playing for one reason or another and 9 spots for them, and a couple of those spots are written in permanent marker on the lineup card. So whatever choice is made, you're gonna have some guys on the bench that are probably good enough to be out there. And yeah, I wouldn't say he was the best hitter on the team, that's a bit of a stretch

Figured his WRC would be lower but that is interesting.

I wouldn't call him best hitter either but like I've said from the get go he gets on base, whatever else is a bonus.

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ICW Wolf said:

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What's with the Wiggins obsession on here. Yes he seems like a good player but there are several who are getting limited AB or sharing roles. We have more players than spots in the lineup. That is clear. I don't see anyone freaking out over Novy. Guy could be a 15 HR guy right now. We don't know.

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I mean I think (and others are with me I think) that Wiggins is the best bat on the team. Maybe not, but with his #s and start this year it's debatable. And not getting the best bat on the team ABs every day is a choice.

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How do you come up with Wiggins being the best bat on the team?

Wiggins needs to be in the lineup every day but looks like a reach to compare him to McHugh. He has half the at-bats over his college career, and I think we can all agree McHugh has faced better pitching. I assume Wiggins' stats are driven by his BB percentage. He walks as much as he strikes out, which is good, but it feels odd his metrics are as good as they are.

I don't think he is McHugh either but walks don't count as an AB so that skews those numbers some. Don't think he played full time as a freshman either.

In the end it is a good problem to have. I'd imagine if he was better defensively he would be a no brainer.

We have a lot of good players on this year's team. Wiggins has the highest upside and most potential of them all. He might not reach it, but it's to our benefit to see if he can. He could be elite.

I just think we know what we have in Fraasman, and we are blowing peeps out. I'd just like to see him get some more ABs while we are still playing teams we will pound. Agree though that we ar loaded and its a good problem.

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ICW Wolf said:

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What's with the Wiggins obsession on here. Yes he seems like a good player but there are several who are getting limited AB or sharing roles. We have more players than spots in the lineup. That is clear. I don't see anyone freaking out over Novy. Guy could be a 15 HR guy right now. We don't know.

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I mean I think (and others are with me I think) that Wiggins is the best bat on the team. Maybe not, but with his #s and start this year it's debatable. And not getting the best bat on the team ABs every day is a choice.

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Wiggins has been pretty good in his opportunities at the plate, not very good in the OF so far. He also was 4-28 last year against tournament teams and straight up was beaten out after the fall and the winter.

It's a good thing that there's depth to compete and not let someone like Fraasman get comfortable. Best bat on the team is one heck of a statement to make though…

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I'm being a little hyperbolic but I think the potential is there. The OBP #s are legit and nobody can argue with that. Have always been good, better than McHugh on the cape this summer. Similar at IN last year (against worst arms) compared to McHugh for us. We need a power bat that can swing it a bit more in other situations than Bargo IMo. I'm with Ethan that you find a place for the bats, especially those with the potential for power. Defense you can take a hit on as it's far less likely to negatively impact you. But just my opinion. 3 HRs in 18 PAs speak. Especially if you look at some of the at bats and how he worked them. But competition so far is bad. We will see if it covers to ACC pitching or not if he gets the at bats

EthanBarry said:

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Wiggins has the top career wRC+ and OPS on the team. I wouldn't take him over McHugh or probably Head but statistically there's an argument. I know some don't like those stats but those are the most all-encompassing stats available I'm aware of.

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I hate when people look at stats and numbers… if only they didn't lie!

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Listen to what you guys are saying. Wiggins hit .250 in a SIGNIFICANTLY worse conference last year. He still can't get consistent abs even with Bargo out. But yet we think he's a top hitter on the team?!

That literally makes no sense. Wiggins isn't a top 6 hitter on the team much less the top hitter…

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I think he has the potential to be a top 3 hitter on the team. Up to this point in his career he hasn't reached that level but has looked much improved in the small sample this year. I think if you are looking for which lineup of ours gives us the highest ceiling as a team, then Wiggins needs to be batting in the middle of the order.

Having as many power options as you can in the lineup is a must.

I guarantee opposing coaches prefer not seeing Wiggins penciled in when lineup cards are exchanged. They would rather pitch to Rhett Johnson or Frassman any day.

I think Wiggins has earned so ABs when the season heats up

We are facing some bad pitching-let see what everyone can do when we face pitchers with plus fastballs and breaking stuff.